CVE-2014-2706

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 14 Apr 2014, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
39/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.1% LOW
3% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Apr 2014, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.10%• Percentile: 87%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.56 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.84 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.34 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.15 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.13.7

  • oracle•linux

    6 | 7

  • suse•linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

    11:sp3

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp3

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp3

References (13)